A NEW specialised business training centre was opened by the Mayor of Guildford last week.

As part of his Mayoral theme Youth and Technology the Mayor launched the Acuity Office IT Skills Diploma Programme, which is designed to introduce young people to the world of business through business orientated training courses.

Acuity Training Mayor and Mayoress of Guildford, Cllr Keith and Mrs Lucy Taylor to their new Training Centre on Thursday, June 3. The Acuity Office IT Skills Diploma gives the students a taste of using computers in offices and furnishes them with business recognised qualifications.

The Mayor signalled the start of the Acuity Office IT Skills Diploma by loading the new Office IT Skills Diploma web pages onto Acuity’s web site: www.acuitytraining.co.uk

Each Diploma student will take the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) qualification through attending Acuity’s business courses in Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access.

There are ten days of intensive business training together with the opportunity of practice time at Acuity’s Training Centre in the Surrey Technology Centre in Guildford.

The timetable for the diploma is flexible and can be achieved in one month, allowing students wishing to work in their gap year the opportunity to gain a recognised qualification quickly.

The Mayoral visit comes shortly after Acuity moved to a new dynamic state-of-the-art training centre in the Technology Centre within The Surrey Research Park.

With disabled access and free parking the whole aim of Acuity is to provide a stress free environment for learning. The new training centre comprises of two dedicated training rooms, relaxing refreshment room and office. Acuity’s new facilities are now fully operational.

Training is client focussed and Acuity offers a wide range of both software and soft skills training covering all types of products from Microsoft Word to Adobe Photoshop and project management to speed reading.

In addition to training within their training centre Acuity’s highly qualified trainers also visit client offices to consult and run both courses and workshops. Training manager, Debbie Loxton said: “Our flexibility is one of our main strengths.”

A delegate commented after a recent course: “Very friendly environment and atmosphere. Love it! One of the nicest/friendliest courses I’ve ever been on (and I’ve done many).”